Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



EQCARTER. Spring BedQBottomS.

N0.\48,284. Paterited March-10,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo EDWARD CARTER, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 148,284, dated March10, 1874 application filed November 3, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD CARTER, of thecity and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented an ImprovedBed-Bottoni; and I do hereby declare that the following is adescriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side view of thebedbottom embodying the improvements in this invention. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the same. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the spring with shoulder for the slat to rest in.Fig. 5 is a view,

showing shape and form of catch.

My invention relates to that class of bedbottoms constructed of slats,supported by vertical or upright springs made 'from a continuous pieceof wire, forming two right angles at the top end and two verticalparallel curves, with the ends pointed inward, said slats being firmlysecured to the springs by a catch made from a continuous piece of wire,in the form as seen in Fig. 5, without coils, bolts, or springs, with abent shoulder underneath, which holds the slat firmly in its place, andupon Which the slat rides or rests, and not allowing the slat to' comein contact with the spring. The end or vertical springs are secured tothe cross-bar by simply inserting the ends in holes bored therein, andmay be fastened or not on the ontside of the cross-bar.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe itin reference to the drawings and letters ofreference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

In the drawings, A A represent the crossbar, and B B long rails, holdingsaid bars in their proper placefand, together, they forni a frame aboutAthe length and breadth of a bedstead. Said frame has its support fromthe slats, pins, or cords of the bedstead proper. The said cross-barsare about two inches square, and the long rails are about one andone-half inch square. C C are the slats, running in a longitudinaldirection, and secured at about six inches from their ends by passingthrough the catch D, which catch is secured to the vertical spring E bybending the ends of the said catch D around the center or cross part ofsaid spring E at its angles. The said slats are made of a length aboutequal to the length of a bedstead, and about two and onehalf inches inwidth, more or less, and about one-halt' an inch in thickness, more orless.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination of the sla-t C, spring E, and catch D, constructed andarranged substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD CARTER.

/Vitnesses G. D. VAN VLIET, D. R. NEVIN.

